Alba (disambiguation)

Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland.

ALBA is the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americas.

Alba or ALBA may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

• Alba (Darkstalkers), a character in the Japanese video game
• Alba (The Time Traveler's Wife), a character in the novel by Audrey Niffenegger
• Alba Meira, a character in the Japanese video game series King of Fighters
• Alba Trueba, a character in the novel The House of the Spirits by Chilean author Isabel Allende

Films and television

• Alba (film), a 2016 Ecuadorian film
• BBC Alba, a Scottish Gaelic language digital television channel from the BBC

Literature

• Alba (novel), a 1985 novel Daniel Odier
• Alba (poetry), a genre of Occitan poetry

Music

• Alba (Danish music ensemble)
• Alba Musica Kyo, a music group founded by Toyohiko Satoh
• "Alba", a song by Runrig from their 1987 album The Cutter and the Clan
• Alba (Allbina Bolatqyzy Nazarbayeva), a Kazakh singer signed under Juz Entertainment

Businesses and organizations

Brands and enterprises

• Alba (brand), a British consumer electronics brand and manufacturing company owned by Sainsbury's
• Alba (watch), a sub-brand of Seiko Watch Corporation
• ALBA, an American milk products company owned by the Hain Celestial Group
• Alba Engineering, an Italian motor racing company co-founded by Giorgio Stirano
• Alba Vineyard, a winery in New Jersey
• Aluminium Bahrain, or AlBa, an aluminum producer in Bahrain

Schools and universities

• ALBA Graduate Business School, a Greek academic institution
• Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, (French: Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA));

Other organisations

• ALBA, formerly Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, an intergovernmental organization
• Autogestión Liberadora Buenos Aires, an Argentinian political party
• Operation Alba, a multinational peacekeeping force sent to Albania in 1997

People

• Alba (given name)
• Alba (surname)

Places

Italy

• Alba, Piedmont, a comune in the Province of Cuneo
• Alba Adriatica, a comune in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo
• Alba Fucens, an ancient town in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo
• Alba Longa, an ancient city in the Province of Rome, Lazio
• Baldissero d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
• Diano d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
• Morro d'Alba, comune in the Province of Ancona, Marche
• Republic of Alba, a French revolutionary municipality in Piedmont, 1798
• Republic of Alba (1944), a short-lived state in Piedmont
• Serralunga d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
• Vezza d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont

Romania

• Alba County, a county in Transylvania
• Alba Iulia, a city in Alba County, Transylvania
• Alba, a village in Hudeşti Commune, Botoşani County
• Alba, a village in Izvoarele Commune, Tulcea County
• Alba (Șușița), a tributary of the Șușița in Vrancea County

Spain

• Alba, Aragon, a municipio in the Province of Teruel
• Alba de Cerrato, a municipio in the Province of Palencia
• Alba de Tormes, a municipio in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and León
• Alba de Yeltes, a municipio in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and León
• Alba (Nalón), a tributary of the Nalón in the Redes Natural Park in Asturias

Ukraine

• Cetatea Alba, a former Romanian name of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, a city and port
• Fântâna Albă, now Bila Krynytsia, a village in Stary Vovchynets commune
• Snake Island (Black Sea), known as Alba to the Romans

United States

• Alba, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Antrim County
• Alba, Missouri, a city in Jasper County
• Alba, Pennsylvania, a borough in Bradford County
• Alba, Texas, a town divided between Wood County and Rains County
• Alba Township, Henry County, Illinois
• Alba Township, Jackson County, Minnesota

Science and technology

Biology

• Alba (rabbit), a genetically-modified glowing rabbit
• Alba, a cultivar of Bergenia stracheyi
• Alba, a cultivar of sage Salvia officinalis
• Barn owl, t. alba, the common barn owl
• Cattleya elongata f. alba, a Brazilian orchid variety
• Linea alba (abdomen), Latin for white line, a fibrous structure that runs down the midline of the abdomen in humans and other vertebrates
• Linea alba (cheek), Latin for white line, in dentistry refers to a horizontal streak on the buccal mucosa (inner surface of the cheek)
• Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba', a hybrid elm tree

Other uses in science

• ALBA (synchrotron), a Spanish synchrotron radiation facility
• Alba Mons, a volcano on Mars
• ALBA-1, a submarine communications cable between Cuba and Venezuela

Sport

• Alba Berlin, a German basketball club
• S.C. Alba, a Portuguese football club

Transportation

Motor vehicles

• Alba (1907 automobile), an Austrian vintage car
• Alba (1913 automobile), a French vintage car
• Alba (1952 automobile), a Portuguese car
• Alba (motorcycle), a 1920s German motorcycle

Ships

• SS Alba, a Panamanian ship wrecked off Cornwall, England, in 1938 and painted by Alfred Wallis
• SS Alba, a Chilean ship wrecked in 1928

See also

• Alb, liturgical vestment in Christian churches
• Alban (disambiguation)
• Albion, oldest name of the island of Great Britain
• Album (disambiguation)
• Albus (disambiguation)